Semalam aku nyobain install samba di mepis 6.0 rc3. Seelah mepis terinstall tak ada program lain yang harus di install. Aku langsung konfigurasi samba sesuai dengan petunjuk yg telah aku print. Petunjuknya sendiri aku dapat dari internet.
Berhasil. Cuman...di menit-menit terahir jaringannya di komputer tsb rusak hingga aku harus setup ulang samba. Samba aku setup ulang di ubuntu dapper. Bedanya ubuntu dan mepis; di ubuntu samba server blm terinstall sehingga aku harus menginstallnya terlebih dahulu.

Berikut langkah-langkah install dan setup samba;

pertama
INSTALL SAMBA. Kalau di mepis udah preinstall sementara di ubuntu daper harus install dulu lewat synaptic.

kedua
BUAT USER. User biasa di linux. Tambahkan sebanyak client yg akan akses ke server ini; [system][admin][add user]

ketiga
BUAT USER UNTUK SAMBA. Caranya pake command line di terminal;
sudo smbpasswd - username
contoh;
sudo smbpasswd -a norjik
(user name dan password harus sama saat create user name dan password di linux).

empat
EDIT FILE smb.conf. File ini adanya di /etc/samba. Edit sesuai kebutuhan. Di ahir dokumen ada contoh configurasi punya gue.

lima
RESTART SAMBA. Perintahnya sbb;
sudo /etc/init.d/samba restart

keenam
Selesai. Kalau configurasinya bener baik windows maupun linux sudah bisa mulai bekerja dgn file server samba yg barusan kita buat.

===begin of file===
[global]
workgroup = DUR_NET
netbios name = DUR_FILES
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
passdb backend = tdbsam
max log size = 1000
server signing = auto
socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096
security = user
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast hosts
domain logons = yes
domain master = Yes
dns proxy = No
preferred master = yes
wins support = yes
ldap ssl = no
hosts allow = 172.16.0., 172.16.1., 172.16.2., 127.
local master = yes
log file = /var/log/sambalog.txt
logon path = \\%N\%U\profile

# Useradd scripts
add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -m %u
delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false/ -d /var/lib/nobody %u
idmap uid = 15000-20000
idmap gid = 15000-20000

# sync smb passwords with linux passwords
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .
passwd chat debug = yes
unix password sync = yes
case sensitive = no

# set the loglevel
log level = 3

[homes]
comment = Home
valid users = %S
read only = no
browsable = no

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/samba/netlogon
admin users = Administrator
valid users = %U
read only = No

[profile]
comment = User profiles
path = /home/samba/profiles
valid users = %U
create mode = 0600
directory mode = 0700
writable = Yes
browsable = No

[G]
comment = G:
path = /media/data/G/Users
valid users = @users
force group = users
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
read only = No
writeable = Yes
force create mode = 0777
force directory mode = 0777

[x]
comment = X
path = /media/data/G/Users
create mask = 0600
directory mask = 0700
read only = no
writeable = yes
===end of file

Referensi : Durahman Blog's, Google